Okay so i went to my local petsmart a week ago and noticed they had a tag that said Red Texas Cichlids so i looked and saw they were all low quality flowerhorns until i saw this one and decided to get it. It looked the closest to being a red texas cichlid so if anybody can tell me if it really is he is a little bigger then 2inches.View attachment 1013534View attachment 1013535View attachment 1013536
Is this a Red Texas Cihlid?
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Looks like it and looks like its going to have a nice bright fade to but you would get more opinions it if you switched your thread over to flowerhorns parrots and other hybrids
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Nope its not a true red texas. I bought one from my local petsmart about 5 month's ago that looked exactly like yours. I grew him out to about 3-4". I think I might have a pic of him. I ended up trading him to my lfs cause he was really mean. Was starting to bully my datnoid around.
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Yes this looks like red texas U can see it fading already at young age Hold on to it
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This one mines tht I made
This full Color mode
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This full Color mode
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As for yours I can see that its a classic kamfa Looks like part synspillum by face n body
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Okay glad to know I was kinda worried it was just something completely different. Yours looks awesome nice colors!
It CAN be a Red Texas.
A Red Texas is a cichlid that is a hybrid (or descendant thereof) of a Herichthys carpintis or Herichthys cyanoguttatum, and most likely a different species of cichlid; which must have a red body, the body shape of a H. carpintis/H. cyanoguttatum, and contains the pearlings reminiscent of either.
So until it turns red...
A Red Texas is a cichlid that is a hybrid (or descendant thereof) of a Herichthys carpintis or Herichthys cyanoguttatum, and most likely a different species of cichlid; which must have a red body, the body shape of a H. carpintis/H. cyanoguttatum, and contains the pearlings reminiscent of either.
So until it turns red...
My opinion of a Red Tex is that it should be a cross of H.Cyanno and Festae. My female at 9ins and around a year old.
I think you are alone in that opinion, carpintis style pearls give more contrast and give more coverage than cyano and rt generally get their color from a fade which you don't get from festae.. Your "rt" looks nothing like a texas which is an important aspect in red texas conformation. Nice looking fish though.My opinion of a Red Tex is that it should be a cross of H.Cyanno and Festae. My female at 9ins and around a year old.